Practical tools for people who do the real work of care
Free calculators, templates and plain-English guidance for the UK social care workforce — children's homes and adult services, Ofsted and CQC.
Tools that respect your data
Every calculator and recorder on this site runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to or stored on our servers — so you can use them with real rotas, real payslips and real records.
Sleep-in Pay & Minimum Wage Checker
Check whether your sleep-in shifts take your pay below the National Minimum Wage, using the Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake rules.
Open →Holiday Accrual Calculator
Work out statutory holiday for full-year, irregular-hours and part-year workers — including leaver pay in lieu.
Open →Notification Decision Tool
Ofsted Reg 40 and CQC Regs 16–18: answer a few questions and find out whether an incident is notifiable, to whom, and how fast.
Open →Acronym Decoder
LAC, LADO, MASH, DoLS, CHC… a searchable plain-English glossary of 180+ social care acronyms.
Open →Training Matrix Tracker
Track team training with automatic red/amber/green expiry status. Stored only on your device, with CSV export.
Open →Body Map Recorder
Record marks and injuries on a printable body map. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is saved to any server.
Open →The template library
Placement plans, MCA capacity assessments, supervision records, Reg 44 packs, MAR audits — 31+ professionally structured documents, tagged Ofsted / CQC / both, free to download and use in your organisation.
Know where you stand
Sleep-in pay after Mencap, holiday for irregular hours, the 48-hour week, grievances and tribunal deadlines — our staff rights section explains it in plain English, with signposts to ACAS and HMRC when you need more than information.
Latest practice guides
Whistleblowing in Care: Your Rights and How to Raise Concerns
Care workers who speak up about wrongdoing are protected by law, and knowing how the protection works makes it easier to use. This guide explains pro…
Read the guide →Trauma-Informed Care and PACE in Everyday Interactions
Trauma-informed care means understanding behaviour as communication shaped by a child's earlier experiences, and responding in ways that build safety…
Read the guide →What Ofsted Inspectors Actually Ask Frontline Staff
Ofsted inspectors routinely speak to frontline staff during children's home inspections, and those conversations carry real weight. This guide sets o…
Read the guide →Visual Story Builder — coming soon
A companion app for building personalised visual stories: pick a template, swap in names and photos, print a ready-to-use booklet. Find out more and join the launch list →